eXtension online Campus: Courses

This is a course for camp counselors provided for distance learning of camp counselors. If you would like a specific subgroup for your particular camp counselors, please contact Mark Light, light.42@osu.edu Also this will also make you a instructor in the course.

This course was developed by Ohio State University Extension.

The online Get to the Point! course prepares 4-H members to deliver a 4-H Educational Presentation.
By the end of this self-directed course learners will be able to:

• Describe an Educational Presentation
• Explain the process of planning an Educational Presentation
• Distinguish between a good and a bad topic
• List the contents of a presentation outline
• Determine what to do and what not to do when presenting
• Compare professional and non-professional dress

For more information please contact Toby Lepley,Texas AgriLife Extension 4-H Specialist. Course design and development by Jennifer Jahedkar, Texas AgriLife Extension eLearning.

The Louisiana 4-H Volunteer Achievement in Continuing Education (ACE) program is designed to assist volunteers in the development of specialized skills as 4-H volunteers by participating in quality training experiences, processing learning experiences, conducting service activities/projects, and developing a Master Volunteer ACE portfolio.

For information contact Todd Tarifa, Volunteer and Leadership Specialist - LSU AgCenter, at tatarifa@agctr.lsu.edu.

Are you looking for ways to recruit more 4-H'ers to join your club? Do you have current club members who are eager to help? This convenient online 4-H volunteer training session will walk you through steps you can take to successfully recruit more 4-H'ers (and get your members involved while doing it!. For information contact Jamie Seger at seger.23@cfaes.osu.edu

This online course helps empower 4-H Volunteers to teach their club members about the importance of volunteerism. Topics covered include why volunteering is important for youth, opportunities for volunteerism, and how youth volunteer experience can be documented for future use. Contacts: Jamie Seger and Mark Simmons

Texas 4-H Child Protection Training is a self-directed course designed for staff, volunteers and counselors. Participants will gain an understanding of how to recognize, reduce, prevent and report suspected sexual abuse or molestation while at camp as required by Texas Department of State Health Services. For more information contact Darlene Locke, Director of the Texas 4-H Conference Center.

For the Record is the record keeping program for the Texas 4-H and Youth Development Program. It is a two part educational process that teaches basic record keeping skills and then allows a 4-H member to participate in a record book competition.

This online course provides learners with self-directed information about For the Record. For more information contact Cheryl Newberry, Texas AgriLife Extension 4-H Specialist.

Texas 4-H Volunteer Orientation is a self-directed course for volunteers with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service 4-H and Youth Program. The goals of this course are for participants to:

• understand the organizational structure of Texas AgriLife Extension and how the 4-H Program operates; and
  
• recognize their roles and responsibilities are as a volunteer within the structure and program.

For more information contact Courtney Dodd, Texas AgriLie Extension Service, at cfdodd@ag.tamu.edu.